Monthly archives for June, 2016

The Joint Program Initiative Climate is an initiative between 16 European countries to coordinate jointly their climate research and fund new transnational research initiatives. JPI Climate connects scientific disciplines, enables cross-border research and increases the science-practice interaction.

JPI Climate provides a dedicated platform to connect climate research and knowledge across Europe to better support and respond to the needs for societal innovation and sustainable development. Europe aspires to be the most competitive and dynamic…

The overall objective of this call is to enhance user adoption of and satisfaction with Climate Services (incl. adaptation services). Improving the quality of Climate Services is also within the scope of this call. At the same…

About a tenth of overall global greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture could be traced back to food waste by mid-century, a new study shows. A team of researchers, for the first time, provides comprehensive food loss projections for…

Researchers have studied the advantages of reducing greenhouse gases in croplands of a region in Spain. Results will allow researchers to make progress in the regional knowledge to reduce costs and emissions that could be achieved with…

Coastal areas are densely populated and any changes in water levels caused by a rise in sea levels and increased storminess can be a threat to human lives and infrastructure. This underlines the urgency to enhance current…

A Franco-Chinese team has demonstrated, using a new approach, that China’s “climate responsibility,” is not as significant as initially estimated. However, rather paradoxically, the latter country’s “responsibility” may increase rapidly over the coming years, due to future…

China’s sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China’s forests, levelled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first…

The rapid reduction in China’s reliance on coal and coal-fired power is a boon for global efforts to fight climate change, but should also draw more attention to ballooning overcapacity in coal-fired power and heavy industry. As…

DRAGON-STAR is funded by FP7, aiming to support the Chinese participation in Horizon 2020, the reciprocity originating from the signed EU-China Scientific Cooperation Agreement, the bilateral cooperation in scientific, technological and industrial research and innovation fields, and the ongoing EU - China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue.

DRAGON-STARPLUS follows its predecessor (DRAGON-STAR), in its important mandate to provide support services to European and Chinese researchers and policy makers, and to offer a flexible platform to facilitate policy discussions between European and Chinese stakeholders. The project has received funding under European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement No645775